Synopsis
Over Here!
$10.99
Richard M Sherman & Robert B Sherman
Published by Samuel French Inc
8 Female
Over Here is a choo choo ride into the past - to wartime America of the 1940s - and it brought the two surviving Andrews Sisters to Broadway to great acclaim. It's an affectionate lampoon of the big band brassy and exuberant America of World War II
On a train full of draftees heading for Europe, the DePaul (Andrews) sisters are looking for a third singer to transform their duo into a trio. They find her in Mitzi - who turns out to be a sneaky Nazi spy with a slinky Dietrich manner - and a secret lipstick mike
There are subplots too, but what really makes the show are the seventeen big band numbers that evoke the originals of the era
"Engaging and devilishly clever" ~ Clive Barnes
"A triumph ... Delightful and exhilarating" ~ N.Y. Post
"Warm, wise and witty show" ~ Newsweek